Battle of the Decades: The 2000s game 5.
Keith Whitener — a research chemist from Washington, D.C.
Maria Wenglinsky — a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
Dan Pawson — a global health consultant from Brooklyn, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $3,100 | $4,700 | $15,700 |
$12,700
Quarterfinalist |
$12,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maria | $0 | $2,200 | $18,100 |
$3,100
2nd place: $5,000 |
$11,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Keith | $-600 | $1,800 | $4,200 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 |
$4,200
13 R, 4 W |
| VIENNA CALLING | STRUCTURES | COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS | 21st CENTURY BOOKS | CELEBRITY REALITY TV | WHAT A "GAL" |
|
DD
$100
[14]
The cathedral named for this saint was burned out during the Battle of Vienna in 1945 & rebuilt by 1952
St. Stephen
Dan
|
$200
[1]
amazon.com has a 786,000-square-foot one in Fernley, Nevada
a warehouse
Keith
|
$200
[17]
The "B" in COBOL
business
|
$200
[4]
2-word bestselling title (& advice) from Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg
Lean In
Keith
|
$200
[26]
We aren't sure this pro wrestler "Knows Best" in his 2005 show, but his legions of "-amaniacs" do
Hulk Hogan
Keith
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$200
[18]
Reckless, like a certain progeny in a New Testament parable
prodigal
Maria
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$200
[10]
So, how does it make you feel to visit his home & consulting office, now a museum, at Berggasse 19 in Vienna?
Sigmund Freud
Maria
|
$400
[9]
A church couldn't hold Nelson Mandela's Dec. 10, 2013 memorial service; it was in one of these
a stadium
Maria
|
$400
[16]
The "P" in JPEG
photographic
Maria
|
$400
[5]
We bit on Charlaine Harris' "After Dead: What Came Next in the World of" this "True Blood" waitress
Sookie
Dan
|
$400
[30]
Cast members of "The Surreal Life" included Charo, Verne Troyer & this actor known for his role as a cop named Ponch
Erik Estrada
Dan
|
$400
[22]
Claiming residence for tax purposes in a place you don't actually live is this "fiction"
a legal fiction
Dan
|
|
$400
[11]
This 1867 waltz by Johann Strauss Jr. became a symbol of imperial Vienna
"The Blue Danube"
Dan
|
$600
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Arizona.) It was a 1991 novelty & media focus when eight people sealed themselves in this giant structure for two years to create a self-sustaining ecosystem; 20-plus years later, it's leading to important understanding of our planet
Biosphere 2
Dan
Keith
|
$600
[15]
The "D" in a DoS attack
denial
Dan
|
$600
[6]
Arriving naked is one problem of this guy whose "wife" was the subject of Audrey Niffenegger's novel
the Time Traveler
Dan
|
$600
[29]
This onetime member of Public Enemy sought romance on "Flavor of Love"
Flavor Flav
Keith
|
$600
[23]
Meaning related to marriage, it can precede "rights" or "bliss"
conjugal
Maria
|
|
$600
[12]
This dessert, chocolate cake with a layer of apricot jam, was named for a Viennese hotel
Sachertorte
Maria
|
$800
[21]
A political party that welcomes diverse views calls itself this, a structure that would use a lot of canvas
a big tent
Dan
|
$800
[2]
The second "T" in HTTP
transfer (or transport)
Keith
|
$800
[7]
The "10,000 hours rule"--10,000 hours of practice to become expert at any competition--was popularized in his book "Outliers"
Malcolm Gladwell
Keith
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$800
[28]
The run-up to Kris' talk show debut & Bruce taking the family on a Nevada trip were part of Season 8 of this show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Dan
|
$800
[24]
Tough actin' Tinactin is a leading one of these topical creams
anti-fungal
Maria
|
|
$800
[13]
Head to the Belvedere Palace to see"The Kiss"& other paintings by this Austrian
(Gustav) Klimt
Dan
|
$1,000
[20]
Czar Alexander II ordered the building of this ballet theater that's named for his wife, Marie
the Mariinsky
|
$1,000
[3]
The "RT" in RTOS
real-time
Keith
|
$1,000
[8]
"The Post-American World" gave us the analysis of this end-of-the-alphabet pundit born in India
(Fareed) Zakaria
Dan
|
$1,000
[27]
Check out the hook--this '90s rapper "Goes Amish"--while my DJ revolves it
Vanilla Ice
Keith
|
$1,000
[25]
Thisarea, though culturally unified for thousands of years, is now politicallydividedbetween two countries
Bengal
Maria
|
| SCIENTIST SAYS | AFRICAN SETTINGS | BALLET BELLES | VIDEO GAMES | THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS | "V" IS IN THE MIDDLE |
|
$400
[25]
"The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys"
Darwin
Keith
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$400
[11]
"The Alexandria Quartet"
Egypt
Maria
|
$400
[10]
A dancer called "The Accused" uses an axe in "Fall River Legend", based on 1892 murders she was charged with
Lizzie Borden
Maria
|
$400
[29]
In "Fairway Fever", you're navigating this sport's "courses"
golf
Dan
|
$400
[16]
Henry Frick made a fortune supplying the Pittsburgh steel industry with this product made from heating pulverized coal
coke
Keith
|
$400
[30]
To Shakespeare, "The soul of wit"
brevity
Dan
|
|
$800
[8]
"I remembered the line...'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds'"
Oppenheimer
Dan
|
$800
[12]
"Cry, the Beloved Country"
South Africa
Maria
|
$800
[7]
Based on a Garcia Lorca tale, "Las Hermanas", as the title states, concerns 5 of these
sisters
Keith
|
$800
[9]
Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde were 4 of these in a series of classic Namco arcade games
ghosts
Maria
|
$1,200
[23]
The "P." in the name of this preeminent banker of the Gilded Age stood for Pierpont, his mother's family
(J.P.) Morgan
Maria
|
$800
[19]
Bon Appetit suggests practicing this skill before Thanksgiving
carving
Keith
|
|
$1,200
[5]
Being a "buzzkill of science" on "The Daily Show", this astrophysicist:"Zombieism can't spread through mastication!"
Tyson
Dan
|
$1,200
[13]
"Gorillas in the Mist"
Rwanda
Maria
|
$1,200
[6]
"La Bayadere" tells the story of Nikiya, a dancer in a temple of this faith
Hinduism
Maria
|
$1,200
[28]
Peppermint Palace & Gingerbread Glade are regions in this game from King
Candy Crush
Maria
|
$1,600
[17]
5 years after this act was passed, the Supreme Court gutted it in 1895's United States v. E.C. Knight
the Sherman Antitrust Act
Keith
|
$1,200
[18]
Don't be this, unmindful or unaware
oblivious
Dan
|
|
$1,600
[2]
"Ever since... the world-amazed discovery of Neptune a belief has existed... that still other planets lay beyond"
Percival Lowell
Keith
|
$1,600
[14]
"The Book of Mormon"
Uganda
Maria
|
$1,600
[4]
Daphnis & this title gal have a romp with Pan, accompanied by music from Ravel
Chloé
Keith
|
$1,600
[27]
Tom Clancy lent his name to this shooter series that might leave your finger smarting
Splinter Cell (or Rainbow Six )
Keith
|
$2,000
[22]
Montana's Marcus Daly owned this, the USA's richest copper mine, as well as the town named for it
Anaconda
Maria
|
$2,000
[20]
To relieve or mitigate a situation
alleviate
Dan
|
|
$2,000
[1]
"If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour... the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed"
Schrödinger
Dan
|
$2,000
[15]
"Born Free"
Kenya
Maria
|
$2,000
[3]
This Delibes ballet features a folk-dance sequence that includes Swanilda dancing to a Mazurka
Coppélia
|
$2,000
[26]
In games called this "defense", like "Unstoppable Gorg", players protect outposts from waves of baddies
tower defense
Dan
|
DD
$7,100
[24]
In 1890 he became president of the American Tobacco Company in Durham, North Carolina
(James Buchanan) Duke
Maria
|
DD
$5,000
[21]
A person able to see beyond the realm of normal perception
a clairvoyant
Dan
|
"It was one of those pictures... so contrived that the eyes follow you... beneath" the picture was this 5-word quote
Big Brother is watching you